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Who funded 7 coalitions over a period of 23 years of war against French emperor Napoleon? |
English Prime Minister William |
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What has England relied on its navy for so long because they had no competent army? |
navy |
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What has England been doing for other countries to fight for them? |
Paying them |
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Napoleon is an Italian but when Austria and Prussia invade, Napoleon feels very … |
French |
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Robespierre is the leader of the French left wing … |
Jacobins |
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The jacobins are famous for using the … |
Guillotine |
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Napoleon is an unimportant general, who comes from nowhere, so he joins up with the … to rise socially |
Girondins |
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… is a student of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great |
Napoleon |
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Napoleon is a strategist and uses spies referred to as … |
"Intelligence" |
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Napoleon prioritizes … field victories over traditional siege warfare |
field victories |
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The … cannot contain Napoleon |
directory (the French 5 man counsel |
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Napoleon gets the French to like him because he doesn’t … the French. Instead, he uses the … his conquests in Italy, and thus cannot be touched by the directory because he is favored by the … |
tax, plunder form, untaxed French people |
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The British lord … has an impressive navy |
Laurent Herrario Nelson |
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Napoleon tries to impress … but fails |
Egypt |
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… was a tool for Napoleon to use to win people over |
Religion |
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Napoleon claims he’s … but the people see right through him |
Islamic |
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The … is where Napoleon fails big and gives up on Alexander the Great and abandons his army |
Siege of acre |
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… and … help Napoleon overthrow the directory and become emperor |
Tally ran (French foreign minister) abbe sieves (clergyman) |
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Napoleon censored … |
Media |
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The … said you were guilty until proven innocent |
Napoleon code |
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Why did the English revolution take a long time? |
The revolution brought a lot of permanent changes |
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Two primary questions |
1. Did the quality of life enhance or deteriorate? 2. Because it took so long, was it really a revolution? |
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… teams up with … |
Malthus Thomas (economist), Adam smith (mercantilism) |
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… has a theory of populations that says more … will come when … are in excess and then when those … dry up, there will be less … |
Malthus Thomas, babies, resources, resources, babies |
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Why did the revolution happen in England? |
Englishman were tinkered and investors and these no guild system in England and guilds inhibit industry growth. |
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As companies get bigger, they can take on … |
Larger tasks |
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Two industry’s in the modem section of the economy are … and … |
1. Iron smelting 2. Cotton |
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… help investors claim their intellectual property |
Pattons |
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The most important invention is the … |
Steam engine |
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The industrial revolution had three major effects |
1. People working more/harder 2. Less drinking 3. Individuals became more productive |
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… is the leader and director of foreign policy in Austria |
Metternich |
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… is the President of Prussia |
Bismark |
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… led the first industrial revolution |
England |
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What industry did England lead in? |
Cotton textile |
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… led the second industrial revolution |
Germany |
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What industries did Germany lead in? |
Chemistry, electrical engineering, optics, and metallurgy |
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To defend his new nation of Prussia, Bismarck’s goal was to unite the 3 emperors … against the French and English democracies |
Russia, Austria, and Germany |
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The … is the legislative body of Germany |
Reichstag |
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Catholics has their own political party called the … |
Catholic Center Party |
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The Vatican declared … infallibility in July 1870. This meant that any official statement made by the Pope was law because the pope could say nothing wrong |
Papal |
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… rejected all relations with the … Italian stare, declared that no devout Catholic could take part in the … and no Catholic should vote in an … |
Pope Pius IX, "godless", Italian Government, Italian election |
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In Germany, … are very valued |
big companies |
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How far does the cultural war go? |
There are no Catholics in Germany |
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As Bismarck’s power … the new emperor of Germany gets into a discussion with the … |
declines, Tzar |
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The Tzar would like an … to solve issues. However the emperor of Germany refuses. This is because Germany plans to solve problems by … and not by persuasion |
international court, force, persuasion |
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Germany had a good … and can easily transport the army |
railroad |
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Liberals made up 200 of the … 300 delegates |
Reichstag |
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Bismark’s war against the … church |
Catholic |
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Bismark used a tactic to be harsh to the … |
Center party |
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When the 3 emperors met, the … was formed in Oct 1873 |
Three emperors league |
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Russia viewed themselves as the protector of the … |
Balkan Slavs |
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Bismark was fluctuating between wanting … as an ally |
Russia of Britain |
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After the Franco-Prussian War, France paid 5 billion … for reparations to Germany |
Gold Marks |
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French reparations enabled a … |
global financial crisis |
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Britain’s colonies formed the … |
Worlds biggest empire |
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… replaced U.S. as Britain’s most important colony |
India |
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Thinking our culture is better than other cultures |
Imperialism |
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Idea that “more advanced" countries have a duty to help out less advanced countries |
Paternalism |
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… became the model for British colonization |
Rome |
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The English thought that having a big … with many colonies prevented them as people from a small … from being unimportant |
empire, island |
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… thought the U.S. could end famine and sickness in the pacific islands |
Richard Kipling |
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Kipling challenged the U.S. to bring civilization to the … in the Pacific |
Spanish empire |
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The biggest cause to reconsider whether British should control an empire was the war against the … in the … |
Afrikaners, Boer War |
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French …, …, and … was god for an empire |
Liberty, equality, fraternity |
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France loses Canada, sells the Louisiana territory for a very low price, and loses their richest island in the Caribbean (Haiti), due to a slave rebellion |
Seven Years War |
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When Napoleon became emperor of France, his European Empire was the greatest since … |
Charlemagne’s |
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… was to France, what … was Britain |
Algeria, India |
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… became the centerpiece of the French empire in North Africa |
Algeria |
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… decline due to local and European warfare |
Colonies |
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Britain, Germany, Spain, and Italy all thought they had rights to … producing crises |
Morocco |
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Who transformed the Quakers of Philadelphia into the first anti-slavery denomination? |
Anthony Benezet |
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Name one major British abolition leader in the British slavery abolition movement |
Wilberforce, Prime Minister Pitt, or Clarkson |
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How many times was the anti-slavery bill introduced until it was successful? |
11 |
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Who’s involvement changed abolition from a religious movement to a political movement? |
William Wilberforce |
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What prime minister of England was sympathetic to the abolition movement? |
William Pitt the younger |
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What black abolitionist spoke out against against the English slave trade? |
Equiano |
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Who’s signatures delegitimized anti-slavery petitions to Parliament? |
Women |
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What two groups of people were Clarkson’s primary supporters |
Sailors and women |
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Portugal and Spain questioned why Britain was bearing the costs for Black slaves and not doing the same for what other group of slaves? |
Captured sailors |
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The demand for which 3 slave-produced items increased in the 1810s and 1820s despite Adam Smith’s claim that free labor costs were cheaper? |
Cotton, sugar, and coffee |
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What did Germany right and give to Austria |
Blank check |
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The name of the World War I trying to fight |
Stalemate |
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Who hoped for a limited Austria versus Serbia war? |
Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg |
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Who was assassinated in Bosnia |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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Which countries made up the triple entente? |
Great Britain France and Russia |
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What army was needed to focus on Russia so that Germany can focus on France? |
Habsburg army |
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What a power away from the socialist due to the hope of full employment? |
Battleships |
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Who had plans for Austria to militarily contain Russia so Germany quickly defeat Belgium and France? |
Helmuth von Moltke |
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Name the 4 Russian districts |
Kiev, Odessa, Moscow, and Kazan |
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The creation of the league of Nations was included in … |
Wilson’s 14 points |
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Peasants who unwillingly farmed in the nobles estates |
Serfs |
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The serfs were starving because the Czar was selling all the grain and corn for … |
Gold |
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A peaceful demonstration that ended in mounted cossacks killing hundreds of protesters |
Bloody Sunday |
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A religious leader who ended up getting political influence in Russia (the Czar and his wife viewed him as a holy man who could heal their son). |
Rasputin The demand for which 3 slave-produced items increased in the 1810s and 1820s despite Adam Smith’s claim that free labor costs were cheaper? |
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What 300 year dynasty was ended by Alexander III |
Romanovs |
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Name of legislative in Russia |
Duma |
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Palace invaded by armed workers, sailors, and soldiers in 1920 |
Winter palace |
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Alexander II’s abolition of … Did not occur due to any supposed concern for peasants |
Serfdom |
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… goods were more important than consumer goods in Russia |
Industrial |
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Which country made an attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941? |
Japan |
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What did the Doolittle raid enhance in 1942? |
U.S. Morale |
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During the time of World War II did Japan want war with the U.S.? |
Yes |
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The U.S. tried to use what in order to limit Japan in Manchuria? |
Oil |
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True or False? the U.S. ships were grounded not sunk in Pearl Harbor |
True |
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Most European fighting happened where? |
Russia |
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True or False: Battle of Coral Sea stopped Japanese advance? |
True |
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Bypassing islands where there are Japanese soldiers; not fighting or defeating every Japanese island is called what? |
Leapfrogging |
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A Desperate military strategy that consists of loading a small airplane, sacrificing one pilot and putting in enough gas for one way was called what? |
Kamikaze |
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Did it take roughly 2 years for Japan to plan an attack on Pearl Harbor? |
Yes |
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The murder of those Germans with physical and mental disabilities |
Euthanasia |
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Name of euthanasia program against Germans with disabilities |
Operation T4 |
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Laws that took away citizenship from German Jews |
Nuremberg laws |
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The conference where the US made no effort to expand its quota for refugees |
Evian conference |
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Term for night of broken glass |
Kristallnacht |
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Largest ghetto |
Warsaw |
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The daily food ration of Jews in the ghetto |
Less than two pieces of bread |
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The conference that decided on the six extermination camps |
Wannsee conference |
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Experimented on living twins in extermination camps |
Josef Mengele |
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Smuggled food, clothing, medicine and money into the ghetto 2 or 3 times per day |
Irena Sendler |
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The camp in Germany during the holocaust that was possible to survive |
Concentration camp |
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The camp in Poland during the holocaust where Jews died quickly |
Extermination camp |
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President Truman sent George Marshall to arrange … |
A coalition government between Chiang and Mao |
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What did Chiang do that destroyed the middle class |
Printed more paper money |
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What did Lin Biao do in order to get a communist victory |
Starved surrounded cities |
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What animal did civilians begin to eat? |
Horses |
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Popular food item became unavailable as supplies of rice dwindled |
Yellow croaker |
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Where did Chiang Kai-shek and others flee to after their fall? |
Taiwan |
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What was confiscated in Shanghai? |
Radios |
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When China couldn’t sell to foreign countries who did they sell to? |
Interior of the country |
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Beijing government taxes decreased under who? |
Communists |
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Largest commercial center in Asia? |
Shanghai |
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… Almost went bankrupt |
Guangzhou |
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How did some parents cope with unemployment? |
Selling their children |
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The ending of subjugation of the majority by foreign elite |
Decolonization |
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The Europeans hoped for a peaceful transition but the process turned violent. One of these violent wars was between France and … |
Indochina |
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Britain recruited many soldiers from its colonies, one colony in particular making up 1/3 of its forces |
India |
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The conclusion of World War I ended two empires the Habsburg and the … |
Ottoman |
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Another word for colony |
Protectorates |
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President Woodrow Wilson’s … started the League of Nations |
14 Points |
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A lawyer who led a nonviolent movement about boycotts and civil disobedience in India |
Gandhi |
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Trade unions and … were the political agents for educated African Americans |
African National Congress (A.N.C.) |
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Gandhi influenced an activist but the name of … |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Gandhi was inspired by the Russian novelist … |
Leo Tolstoy |
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Gandhi identified with … by only wearing a loincloth and working on a spinning wheel. |
the common people |
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Gandhi identified with … by only wearing a loincloth and working on a spinning wheel. |
the common people |
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After WWII, Gandhi’s Congress Party split with …, which favored it’s own independent nation of Pakistan |
the Muslim League |
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Secret Russian police or older version of the KGB |
NKVD |
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Secret Russian police or older version of the KGB |
NKVD |
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A former Russian secret policeman, who is a Hungarian leader |
Nagy |
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Nasser nationalized the … |
Suez Canal |
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Charles de Gaulle stalled negotiations, so that Britain could not enter … |
the common market |
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Charles de Gaulle stalled negotiations, so that Britain could not enter … |
the common market |
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Who returned as prime minister to resolve the war in Algeria? |
Charles de Galle |
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de Galle withdrew from … by first withdrawing the Mediterranean fleet |
NATO |
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de Galle established France as a … |
nuclear power |
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de Galle established France as a … |
nuclear power |
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Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany, held that Germany must slow the strong support of the West, even if it slowed … |
reunification |
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de Galle established France as a … |
nuclear power |
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Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany, held that Germany must slow the strong support of the West, even if it slowed … |
reunification |
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Adenauer’s political strength was evidenced by the strong German economy which … between 1942-1962 |
tripled |
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A Christian novelist, allowed to publish within Russia, who published "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" |
Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn |
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A Christian novelist, allowed to publish within Russia, who published "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" |
Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn |
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Russia’s slow economic growth negatively impacted their standard way of living, they struggled keeping up with … |
computers |
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A Christian novelist, allowed to publish within Russia, who published "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" |
Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn |
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Russia’s slow economic growth negatively impacted their standard way of living, they struggled keeping up with … |
computers |
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"Spiritual reconstruction", the ability to overcome alcoholism, drug addiction, and crime. |
perestroika |
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Freedom in press and speech |
glasnost |
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Freedom in press and speech |
glasnost |
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Solidarity and the Catholic Church promoted the collapse of Communism in … |
Poland |
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Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 |
Gorbachev |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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A group of wealthy businessmen who run Russia |
oligarch |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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A group of wealthy businessmen who run Russia |
oligarch |
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The Russian social crisis affected the longevity of? |
Men’s life expectancy |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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A group of wealthy businessmen who run Russia |
oligarch |
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The Russian social crisis affected the longevity of? |
Men’s life expectancy |
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Yeltsin enabled his family to take possession of state owned property and provoked the Russian desire for order, which made his successor, … beloved by Russians |
Putin |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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A group of wealthy businessmen who run Russia |
oligarch |
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The Russian social crisis affected the longevity of? |
Men’s life expectancy |
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Yeltsin enabled his family to take possession of state owned property and provoked the Russian desire for order, which made his successor, … beloved by Russians |
Putin |
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Putin is a hands-on problem solver, a … |
pragmatist |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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A group of wealthy businessmen who run Russia |
oligarch |
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The Russian social crisis affected the longevity of? |
Men’s life expectancy |
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Yeltsin enabled his family to take possession of state owned property and provoked the Russian desire for order, which made his successor, … beloved by Russians |
Putin |
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Putin is a hands-on problem solver, a … |
pragmatist |
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Russia was becoming a … with over half of all exports being oil |
petro-state |
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Massive exports of … had prevented the Russian economy from collapsing earlier. |
oil |
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During … reign, the economy shrank by 40%. |
Boris Yeltsin |
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A group of wealthy businessmen who run Russia |
oligarch |
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The Russian social crisis affected the longevity of? |
Men’s life expectancy |
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Yeltsin enabled his family to take possession of state owned property and provoked the Russian desire for order, which made his successor, … beloved by Russians |
Putin |
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Putin is a hands-on problem solver, a … |
pragmatist |
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Russia was becoming a … with over half of all exports being oil |
petro-state |
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Rated the 127th among the 192 members of the World Health Organization |
Russia |